Christmas Porridge (is all I want for Christmas)

Christmas pudding porridge. Warm, soft, and sweet. Various fruits and nuts in every bite. Spice. Brandy custard. I’m not waiting for Christmas; breakfast IS Christmas. Every freakin’ day that I choose it.

Ingredients:

Oats

Nut milk

Raisins

Currants

Slivered almonds

Walnuts

1/2 carrot, grated

1/2 teaspoon, cinnamon

A big pinch of nutmeg

A few pieces of finely-chopped crystallized ginger (optional)

1–2 tablespoons of vegan brandy custard

Method:

Prepare your porridge base. Folks. It’s been nearly a year now. 51 recipes. Please tell me you know how to prepare your oats?? Okay. I’m being mean. Some of you may not have seen the other 51 recipes. I hope you go back and see all the hard work I did for you. I’ll accept that thanks in advance :)

I prefer putting the fruit ingredients early through the cooking process because I like the fruit really soft. And fruits like porridging about too.

So throw in the raisins, currants, slivered almonds, walnuts, grated carrot, cinnamon, nutmeg, and maybe even a few pieces of finely-chopped crystallized ginger. If you put too much dried fruit in, you’ll feel like you’re just munching on sugar. You might feel sick. Or you might enjoy it. I think a spoon of each thing is probably enough though? But you might like currants more than raisins. I don’t know.

You could toast the nuts in a little fry pan and mix them through at the end so you get a nice balance of goo and crunch.

Add a dollop of brandy custard. No brandy custard? No worries. Just add a shot of brandy, stir it through and then the custard on top. No need to count your Christmases anymore.

Dear Santa,

My Mummy says that if I’m REALLY good this year, you will come and visit me. So I’m trying to be good. Really I am. What I really want for Christmas is a book. I know it’s not much, but it’s really, really cool. I hope you don’t think I’m cray cray, but it’s a book all about PORRIDGE! Please, please can you bring me a (signed) copy?

Thank you!!!